Romila Thapar

197 total papers · 3.3k total citations
80 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Romila Thapar is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Romila Thapar has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Anthropology, 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 21 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Romila Thapar's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (18 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (13 papers). Romila Thapar is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (18 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (13 papers). Romila Thapar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Pakistan. Romila Thapar's co-authors include B. G. Gokhale, Harbans Mukhia, Bipan Chandra, Madhav Gadgil, Sarvepalli Gopal, Bridget Allchin, Dhruv Raina, Michael Witzel, Razib Hayat Khan and Sundar Sarukkai and has published in prestigious journals such as Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, The American Historical Review and Comparative Studies in Society and History.

In The Last Decade

Romila Thapar

68 papers receiving 821 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Romila Thapar 390 371 366 282 131 80 1.1k
Michael Carrithers 411 1.1× 538 1.5× 184 0.5× 166 0.6× 74 0.6× 43 1.3k
Janet Lloyd 412 1.1× 379 1.0× 127 0.3× 150 0.5× 74 0.6× 57 1.2k
Bernard Cohn 585 1.5× 600 1.6× 570 1.6× 155 0.5× 34 0.3× 38 1.5k
Bruce Lincoln 306 0.8× 664 1.8× 228 0.6× 368 1.3× 162 1.2× 93 1.4k
Ladislav Holý 379 1.0× 690 1.9× 307 0.8× 75 0.3× 40 0.3× 34 1.5k
Daniel F. McCall 462 1.2× 372 1.0× 129 0.4× 42 0.1× 30 0.2× 72 1.3k
Catherine Bell 353 0.9× 549 1.5× 150 0.4× 166 0.6× 119 0.9× 23 1.4k
James D. Faubion 361 0.9× 715 1.9× 212 0.6× 91 0.3× 20 0.2× 40 1.3k
David Carr 143 0.4× 530 1.4× 260 0.7× 242 0.9× 21 0.2× 58 1.4k
Rane Willerslev 548 1.4× 346 0.9× 140 0.4× 84 0.3× 20 0.2× 54 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Romila Thapar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Romila Thapar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Romila Thapar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Romila Thapar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Romila Thapar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Romila Thapar. Romila Thapar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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